[kuh-bret-uh] 
| a leather made from the skins of sheep that grow hair rather than wool, tougher than other sheepskins and used chiefly for gloves and shoes. |
| ca·bret·ta (kə-brět'ə) n. A soft kidlike leather used for gloves and shoes and made from sheepskin having coarse hairlike wool. [Spanish and Portuguese cabra, she-goat (both from Latin capra, feminine of caper, goat) + Italian -etta, diminutive suff.] |